Sectional booth



-Aug. 26, 1924.

SECTIONAL BOOTH Filed Nov. 8,, 1922 Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES ALC'IS J. RHEINBEBGER, F NEW-YORli, Y.

SECTIONAL BOOTH.

Application filed November 8, 1922. Serial No. 59,6 18.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Aiiojrs J. Rnmnsnaenn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have in'-.*ented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Booths, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in screen enclosed compartments such as are the vogue in beauty parlors, hair dressing, chiropodist and like establishments in which it is desirable to seclude the parties undergoing treatment from the view of visitors and others, thereby avoiding unnecessary publicity and exposure.

Such screens are made in a variety of material, relatively thin, light and strong, as pongee silk, etc, admitting light but obscuring the parties within the walls of the enclosed space, which is entirely open at the top for ventilation and air circulation throughout the premises in which the booths are located, the screen walls however preventing a draft direct current of air from striking the individual.

The main purpose of the invention is to produce an artistic frame of suitable ri idity from which the draperies may be securely suspended, and which may be moved about the premises as desired.

Another object is to provide a sectional frame which may be readily assembled or dismounted without the use of tools or implements of any kind, thus enabling a booth to be quickly erected or, when not in use, knocked down and stored in a minimum of space, all without requiring the services-of a skilled mechanic.

A. further aim is in the provision of a novel form of joint connection for the several frame members which permits adding other booth sections i" an inexpensive and practical .manner, all of the standards and beams being made of ordinary commercial material, rendering the booth relatively in expensive to construct.

These and other unspecified aims, objects and purposes, which will become later apparent, are attained by the novel construction, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a general perspective view of a conventional type of booth made in accordance with the invention.

assembled, parts being broken awaytoshow' shown Figure 1, the view illustrating a" substantially square compartment enclosed? by curta n screens on three si'desi'an-d e's-- sentially. fixed panels 11 at the front, between which is an opening normally fc lo'sed by curtains 1'2.

The frame consists of uprights l4l, preferably,made of tubes'in order 'to seciuieligilitness and rigidity, these uprightsilbeingiifixed at their lower ends in pipe flanges or 'hubbed discs;15 resting on thesurfaceof the floor to" which they maybe fastened as desired.

The upper ends of the uprights are fur.- n ished with ornamental 3 knobs ,or terminals 16, their projecting plugs lYbeingscrewthreaded into socket sleeves 18 surrounding the upper portions of the uprights,.theeiids of the plugs abutting the tops 'oftthelvertical corner tubes as shown. 3

The sleevesl 8 are formed with brackets 21 having raised rectangular .side walls 22, in the upper; edges of which are recessesr28 attheir centers. 7 i

Tubular beams 24 are cut transversely across near their ends, the kerfs Q'obeing suited to engage the sides22of the brackets and their depth made equal to oneihalf the diameterof the tubes, whichxfit the recesses 23 of the brackets so asftobeheld laterally in position by them.

A similar arrangement ofbrackets and beamsis provided near thexbottomslof the posts, except atv the front, where short posts support the inner. endsof. the lowerbams as shown.

Thus the tubular beams engage at their ends in the brackets as described and are held from either longitudinal or transverse movement, being firmly supported but obviously may be released by raising the tube vertically, co-incidentally clearing the kerfs and corresponding bracket recesses.

It will also be apparent that when the tubes engage the brackets, the uprights are all) held in a vertical position, the tubes acting as braces, and it will be evident that the beams may be engaged on one or more sides of the brackets, thus forming a rectangular structure to which addtions may be made in an obvious manner in any direction.

It is to be understood that the brackets may becircular or polygonal as well as square, and that the method of attachment to the uprights is merely illustrative, other means for accomplishing the same purpose being Within the scope of the invention.

The several uprights have longitudinal slots '26 formed in their walls, near the lower ends of the'sleeves 18, and fitted to pass through these slots are bars 27 having notches 28 near their ends, these notches removably engaging the wall of the tube While the end portions of the bars beyond the notches are entered within the tube as best shown in Figure 3, and it will'be seen that the slots 26 are in vertical register with the centers of the recesses 23, thereby maintaining the bars 2? in spaced parallel adjustment with the beams 24. In a likemanner other similar bars 27 are attached to the posts above the lower beams 24:. i

It will be apparent that the bars may be raised and removed from the uprights in essentially the same manner as the beams, therefore constituting a frame structure easily assembled or knocked down at will, and further that the lower ends of the sleeves 18 may rest upon the upper edges of the bars, holding them in the slots which are thus covered by the sleeves.

The bars 27 serve. as supports for a plurality of rings 29 secured to the upper and lower edges of the screen curtains 10 so that the latter may be readily moved sidewise as well asthe curtains 12 at the front, but if preferred the said screen edges may be hemmed as at 30 and the bars passed therethrough as indicated at the tops of the panels 11.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the booth may be constructed of four of each of the uprights, with their beams and bars, and that additional sections require only two uprights and corresponding beams and bars, rendering the structure economical, and avoiding the use of all forms of fa tening means as bolts, screws and rivets.

- Although I have described my improve ments with considerable detail and with respect to certain particular forms of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to such details since many changes and modifications may well be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention in its broadest aspect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

l. A booth comprising a plurality of tubular uprights having removable caps, transverse tubular I beams removably engaged with said uprights, rectangular bars interengaged with said uprights, said bars being spaced in parallel adjacently below said tubes, and textile fabrics adjustably suspended from said bars to form the walls of the booth.

2. A sectional booth comprising tubular corner posts, flanged feet at the bottoms thereof, brackets fixed on said posts near their upper ends, tubular beams resting in said brackets, means formed cooperatively with said brackets and beams to prevent relative movement, and notched bars engaging slots in the walls of said posts, said bars supporting draperies constituting the walls of the booth.

3. A booth frame construction comprising a tubular post, a rectangular bracket fixed on said post, said bracket having upstanding edges containing depressions in the center of each of their sides, and tubular beams slotted to engage said edges and to be received in the mentioned depressions therein.

A. booth frame construction comprising a tubular posthaving a plurality of longitudinal slots through its walls near the up per end thereof, a sleeve fixed on said post to extend above the top thereof, a bracket carried by said sleeve, said bracket having raised marginal edges, a knob fixed in said sleeve to rest on said post, tubular beams having transverse recesses fitting the edges of said bracket, said edges being recessed to receive the beams, and bars notched near their ends to pass through the slots in said post and engage therein whereby the bars are supported.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this application. I

ALOIS J. RHEINBERGER. 

